Siltronic Corporation 2004 APR View/Print

OMB No. 2010-0032
Expiration Date 08/30/06

2004 Performance Track Annual Performance Report

Siltronic Corporation
A100006
Year 1 Annual Performance Report
Member Since 2001 (2nd Member Term)

SECTION A: GENERAL FACILITY INFORMATION

A.1

Name of your facility:

Siltronic Corporation

A.2

Name of your parent company:

Siltronic AG

A.3

Facility contact person for the Performance Track program:

Name:	Mr. Myron Burr
Title:	Environmental Engineer
Phone:	(503) 219-7832
Fax:	(503) 219-7599
Email:	myron.burr@siltronic.com

A.4

Facility location:

Street Address:	7200 NW Front Avenue
Address Cont:
City:	Portland
State:	OR
Zip Code:	97210-3676
Mailing address (if different from above):
Mailing Address:
Address Cont:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
If your facility has multiple street addresses, please list any other addresses for its sites or buildings.

A.5

Facility's website address (if any):

http://www.siltronic.com

A.6

Number of employees (full-time equivalents) who currently work in the facility:

500-1,000

A.7

North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code(s) that is(are) used to classify business at the facility:

334413

A.8

In your application and, perhaps, in previous annual performance reports, you described what your facility does or makes. Have there been any (additional) changes to your facility's list of products and/or activities?

If yes, please list them here:

A.9

Have the environmental requirements applicable to your facility changed during this reporting period?

If yes, please describe these changes here:

Section B: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

B.1.a	When was an EMS assessment last conducted by an independent party at your facility?
	2004
	If an assessment was conducted during 2004, please provide the type (e.g., ISO 14001 certification), the scope, and the month(s) of each assessment.

Type Scope Dates

ISO 14001 Conformance Audit

All elements of the ISO 14001 Standard. Fab 2.
January 2004

ISO 14001 Conformance Audit

All elements of the ISO 14001 Standard. Fab 1.
August 2004

B.1.b When was an internal EMS assessment last conducted at your facility?

2004

If an assessment was conducted during 2004, please provide the scope and month(s) of each assessment.

Scope Dates

All elements of the ISO 14001 Standard. Whole facility.
May 2004

B.1.c When was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility?

2004

If an audit was conducted during 2004, please provide the scope and the month(s) of each audit, and indicate who conducted the audit(s) (e.g., facility staff, corporate groups, third party). (Don't include audits, inspections, or site visits by regulatory or external organizations).

Scope Dates Who conducted the audit

Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.
  March  2004 Facility staff

Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.
   June  2004 Facility staff

Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.
  September  2004 Facility staff

Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.
  December  2004 Facility staff

B.1.d (Optional) If you would like to describe any other audits or inspections that were conducted at your facility, please do so here.

1. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality hazardous waste inspection.
2. City of Portland Industrial Source Control inspection: semi-annually.
3. City of Portland stormwater inspection.
4. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality NPDES inspection.

B.1.e Briefly summarize corrective actions taken and other improvements made as a result of your EMS assessments and compliance audits.

1. Clarified internal training requirements.
2. Clarified internal compliance auditing procedure.

B.1.f Has your facility corrected all instances of potential non-compliance and EMS non-conformance identified during your audits and other assessments?

Yes

If no, please explain your plans to correct these instances.

B.1.g When was the last Senior Management review of your EMS completed?

February  05

Who was the senior manager present at the review?

Name: Mr.  Neil J. Nelson

  Title: President and CEO

B.2.a ISO 14001 Certification. Is your facility currently certified to ISO 14001?

Yes

B.2.b Is your facility a Responsible Care-certified facility?

No

B.3 Environmental Aspects Identification. When did your facility last conduct a systematic identification and/or review of your environmental aspects?

March 05

SECTION C: ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

C.1 COMMITMENT 1

Siltronic Corporation's first commitment is to reduce the facility's discharges of toxics, specifically water soluble nitrates.

C.1.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

After several years of research and development, Siltronic Corporation invested in and successfully implemented a nitric acid re-use program in 2004.

In addition, extensive testing and development was successful in reducing the amount of nitric acid needed in the manufacturing process. Overall, Siltronic's 2004 discharge of water soluble nitrates was reduced by more than 26% from the year before.

C.1.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Performance

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Commitment Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 900,007 662,000 n/a Pounds

Specify other:

C.1.c Normalized progress toward goal.

Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.21

Normalized Quantity 900,007 547,107.44 700,007 Pounds

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Millions of wafer units produced, weighted for heterogeneity

C.1.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

C.2 COMMITMENT 2

Siltronic Corporation's second commitment is to reduce the facility's total water use.

C.2.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

Silicon wafer manufacturing has high cleanliness requirements. Water rinsing is one of the basic means to achieve this cleanliness. However, over the last several years Siltronic has been working to reduce the use of water while still maintaining the high manufacturing cleanliness requirements. One approach has been to re-use process water in some process scrubbers. In addition, we invested in and successfully implemented our latest water conservation project after two years of research. This project involved using process wastewater to keep drain lines clear instead of using city water. This water re-use project also reduced the need for maintenance on this drain system. Overall, Siltronic's 2004 water use was reduced by over 6% from the year before. Siltronic is continuing to evaluate methods to conserve water and to more closely align water use with production.

C.2.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Performance

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Commitment Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 652,986,000 612,800,000 n/a Gallons

Specify other:

C.2.c Normalized progress toward goal.

Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.21

Normalized Quantity 652,986,000 506,446,280.99 602,986,000 Gallons

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Millions of wafer units produced, weighted for heterogeneity

C.2.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

C.3 COMMITMENT 3

Wacker Siltronic Corporation's third commitment is to reduce the facility's materials use, specifically wire saw slurry .

C.3.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

In 2004, Siltronic Corporation continued to test and develop a method for reclaiming its wire saw slurry. We expect to start implementing this system in 2005.

C.3.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Performance

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Commitment Units

Actual Quantity (per year) 1,282,629 1,452,808 n/a Pounds

Specify other:

C.3.c Normalized progress toward goal.

Normalized Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.21

Normalized Quantity 1,282,629 1,200,667.77 682,629 Pounds

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Millions of wafer units produced, weighted for heterogeneity.

C.3.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

C.4 COMMITMENT 4

Siltronic Corporation's fourth commitment is to reduce the facility's total (non-transportation) energy use.

C.4.a Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.

Silicon wafer manufacturing requires the use of energy to ensure very clean conditions. However, over the last several years Siltronic has been working to reduce the use of energy while continuing to maintain very clean manufacturing conditions. In 2004, Siltronic Corporation evaluated and successfully implmented several electricity and natural gas conservation measures. Overall, Siltronic's 2004 energy use was reduced by 2.8% from the year before. Siltronic is continuing to evaluate methods to conserve energy and to more closely align energy use with production.

C.4.b Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data

Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Units

Calendar Year 2003 2004 2005 2006

Energy Generated Off-Site

Electricity 124,101 121,331 Mwh

Specify:

Steam

Specify:

Total Energy Generated Off-Site 423,432.61 413,981.37 MMBtus

Sources of Energy Generated On-Site

Coal

Specify:

Natural Gas 182,119 174,341 MMBtus

Specify:

Crude Oil

Specify:

Fuel Oil

Specify:

Diesel 16.64 81.12 MMBtus

Specify:

Propane/LPG

Specify:

Gasoline

Specify:

Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cells

Specify:

Natural Gas/Methane Powered Fuel Cells

Specify:

Biomass

Specify:

Solar

Specify:

Wind

Specify:

Landfill Gas

Specify:

Geothermal

Specify:

Hydroelectric

Specify:

Other Fuel or Source
Specify:

Specify:

Total Energy Generated On-Site 182,135.64 174,422.12 MMBtus

Total Renewable Energy Use 317,151.03 310,072.05 MMBtus

Total Non-Renewable Energy Use 288,417.22 278,331.44 MMBtus

Total Energy Use 605,568.25 588,403.49 MMBtus

Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents 28,233.16 27,411.14 MTCO2E

Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents Offset Through Purchases of Electricity from Renewable Off-Site Sources MTCO2E

Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents 28,233.16 27,411.14 MTCO2E

C.4.c Summarized progress toward goal.

Actual Energy Use Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Total Energy Use 605,568.25 588,403.49 n/a MMBtus

Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents 28,233.16 27,411.14 n/a MTCO2E

Normalized Energy Use Total Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Perform.
Goal Units

Normalizing Factor 1.0 1.21

Total Energy Use 605,568.25 486,283.88 572,819.45 MMBtus

Specify other:

Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents 28,233.16 22,653.83 26,727.45 MTCO2E

Specify other:

Basis for your Normalizing Factor:
Millions of wafer units produced, weighted for heterogeneity

C.4.d Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Progress Towards Other Significant Aspects of your EMS

In the table below, please provide a narrative summary of progress made toward EMS objectives and targets other than those reported as Environmental Performance Commitments. You may limit the summary to environmental aspects that are significant and towards which progress has been made during the reporting year. Do you have additional environmental aspects to report?Yes

Environmental Aspect Progress Made This Year (e.g., quantitative or qualitative improvements, activities conducted)

Procurement
Replaced certain product packaging with more environmentally friendly packaging.

Energy Consumption

Siltronic Corporation commissioned an energy conservation study of its compressed air system to determine the viability of such modifications. The results of the study indicated that no modifications were viable at this time.

Attachments (if applicable) :

SECTION D: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING

D.1 Please briefly describe the activities that your facility conducted during the year to interact with the community on environmental issues and to report publicly on environmental performance.

1. Siltronic hosted the Oregon Governor, the Portland Development Commission and our project partners at a recognition ceremony for the team that completed a major pollution reduction project. 2. Siltronic's President & CEO was featured in "Business Viewpoint," the publication of Associated Oregon Industries, regarding Siltronic's Sustainability Program. 3. Siltronic was invited to participate and provide expertise to the City of Portland Hazard Mitigation Steering Committee. 4. Siltronic was invited to present its Sustainability Program to the State of Oregon Sustainable Business and Job Project Steering Committee. 5. Siltronic provided environmental information to a local author for a new book she is writing. 6. Siltronic hosted a tour for a students from a local school and numerous facility tours for customers. 7. Siltronic hosted a "Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work" day. 8. Sitronic participates in the Semiconductor Workforce Consortium for community college and high school technical curriculum development. 9. Siltronic promoted the local Car Free commute month within the company.

D.2 Please indicate which of the following methods your facility plans to use to make its Performance Track Annual Performance Report available to the public. Please check all that apply.

Web Site
URL: http://www.siltronic.com

Attachments (if applicable):

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SECTION E: SELF-CERTIFICATION OF CONTINUED PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not yet in a position to accept electronic signatures and therefore requests a faxed, signed copy of the Section E page. Please complete Section E online, then print Section E using the link on the Overview page.Section E should be signed by the senior manager of your facility and faxed it to the Performance Track Information Center at (617) 354-0463.
On behalf of Siltronic Corporation, I certify that: I have read and agree to the terms and conditions as specified in the National Enviromental Performance Track Program Guide. This facility, to the best of my knowledge, continues to meet all program criteria; I have personally examined and am familiar with the information contained in this Annual Performance Report. The information contained in this report is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, true, accurate, and complete; My facility has an environmental management system (EMS), as defined in the Performance Track EMS criteria, including systems to maintain compliance with all applicable federal, state, tribal, and local environmental requirements, in place at the facility, and the EMS will be maintained for the duration of the facility's participation in the program; My facility has conducted an objective assessment of its compliance with all applicable federal, state, tribal, and local environmental requirements; and the facility has corrected all identified instances of potential or actual noncompliance; and Based on the foregoing compliance assessments and subsequent corrective actions (if any were necessary), my facility is, to the best of my knowledge and based on reasonable inquiry, currently in compliance with applicable federal, state, tribal, and local environmental requirements. I agree that EPA's decision whether to accept participants into or remove them from the National Environment Performance Track is wholly discretionary, and I waive any right that may exist under any law to challenge EPA's acceptance or removal decision. I am the senior manager with responsibility for the facility and am fully authorized to execute this statement on behalf of the corporation or other legal entity whose facility is part of the National Environmental Performance Track program.
Signature/Date:	______________________________________________________
Name:	Mr. Neil J. Nelson
Title:	President and CEO
Phone Number:	503-219-7500
E-Mail Address:	neil.nelson@siltronic.com
Facility Name:	Siltronic Corporation
Facility Street Address:	7200 NW Front Avenue Portland, OR 97210-3676
Mailing Address:	,
Performance Track ID#:	A100006

Type	Scope	Dates
ISO 14001 Conformance Audit	All elements of the ISO 14001 Standard. Fab 2.	January 2004
ISO 14001 Conformance Audit	All elements of the ISO 14001 Standard. Fab 1.	August 2004

B.1.b	When was an internal EMS assessment last conducted at your facility?
	2004
	If an assessment was conducted during 2004, please provide the scope and month(s) of each assessment.

B.1.c	When was an internal or corporate compliance audit last conducted at your facility?
	2004
	If an audit was conducted during 2004, please provide the scope and the month(s) of each audit, and indicate who conducted the audit(s) (e.g., facility staff, corporate groups, third party). (Don't include audits, inspections, or site visits by regulatory or external organizations).

Scope	Dates	Who conducted the audit
Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.	March 2004	Facility staff
Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.	June 2004	Facility staff
Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.	September 2004	Facility staff
Environmental regulatory monitoring, inspections and reporting. Performed monthly.	December 2004	Facility staff

B.1.d	(Optional) If you would like to describe any other audits or inspections that were conducted at your facility, please do so here.
	1. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality hazardous waste inspection. 2. City of Portland Industrial Source Control inspection: semi-annually. 3. City of Portland stormwater inspection. 4. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality NPDES inspection.
B.1.e	Briefly summarize corrective actions taken and other improvements made as a result of your EMS assessments and compliance audits.
	1. Clarified internal training requirements. 2. Clarified internal compliance auditing procedure.
B.1.f	Has your facility corrected all instances of potential non-compliance and EMS non-conformance identified during your audits and other assessments?
	Yes
	If no, please explain your plans to correct these instances.

B.1.g	When was the last Senior Management review of your EMS completed?
	February 05
	Who was the senior manager present at the review?
	Name: Mr. Neil J. Nelson
	Title: President and CEO

B.2.a	ISO 14001 Certification. Is your facility currently certified to ISO 14001?
	Yes
B.2.b	Is your facility a Responsible Care-certified facility?
	No

B.3	Environmental Aspects Identification. When did your facility last conduct a systematic identification and/or review of your environmental aspects?
	March 05

Siltronic Corporation's first commitment is to reduce the facility's discharges of toxics, specifically water soluble nitrates.
C.1.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	After several years of research and development, Siltronic Corporation invested in and successfully implemented a nitric acid re-use program in 2004. In addition, extensive testing and development was successful in reducing the amount of nitric acid needed in the manufacturing process. Overall, Siltronic's 2004 discharge of water soluble nitrates was reduced by more than 26% from the year before.
C.1.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Performance Data
	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Performance
Calendar Year	2003	2004	2005	2006	Commitment	Units
Actual Quantity (per year)	900,007	662,000			n/a	Pounds Specify other:

Normalized Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	1.21
Normalized Quantity	900,007	547,107.44			700,007	Pounds Specify other:
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	Millions of wafer units produced, weighted for heterogeneity

C.1.d	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Siltronic Corporation's second commitment is to reduce the facility's total water use.
C.2.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Silicon wafer manufacturing has high cleanliness requirements. Water rinsing is one of the basic means to achieve this cleanliness. However, over the last several years Siltronic has been working to reduce the use of water while still maintaining the high manufacturing cleanliness requirements. One approach has been to re-use process water in some process scrubbers. In addition, we invested in and successfully implemented our latest water conservation project after two years of research. This project involved using process wastewater to keep drain lines clear instead of using city water. This water re-use project also reduced the need for maintenance on this drain system. Overall, Siltronic's 2004 water use was reduced by over 6% from the year before. Siltronic is continuing to evaluate methods to conserve water and to more closely align water use with production.
C.2.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

C.2.d	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Wacker Siltronic Corporation's third commitment is to reduce the facility's materials use, specifically wire saw slurry .
C.3.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	In 2004, Siltronic Corporation continued to test and develop a method for reclaiming its wire saw slurry. We expect to start implementing this system in 2005.
C.3.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

C.3.d	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

Siltronic Corporation's fourth commitment is to reduce the facility's total (non-transportation) energy use.
C.4.a	Briefly describe your activities and achievements related to this commitment or, if relevant, any circumstances that delayed progress this year.
	Silicon wafer manufacturing requires the use of energy to ensure very clean conditions. However, over the last several years Siltronic has been working to reduce the use of energy while continuing to maintain very clean manufacturing conditions. In 2004, Siltronic Corporation evaluated and successfully implmented several electricity and natural gas conservation measures. Overall, Siltronic's 2004 energy use was reduced by 2.8% from the year before. Siltronic is continuing to evaluate methods to conserve energy and to more closely align energy use with production.
C.4.b	Please report your facility's actual performance.

Actual Energy Use Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Total Energy Use	605,568.25	588,403.49			n/a	MMBtus
Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents	28,233.16	27,411.14			n/a	MTCO2E

Normalized Energy Use Total	Baseline	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Perform. Goal	Units
Normalizing Factor	1.0	1.21
Total Energy Use	605,568.25	486,283.88			572,819.45	MMBtus Specify other:
Net Metric Tons of CO₂ Equivalents	28,233.16	22,653.83			26,727.45	MTCO2E Specify other:
Basis for your Normalizing Factor:	Millions of wafer units produced, weighted for heterogeneity

C.4.d	Please list any other EPA voluntary programs to which you are reporting these data.

D.1	Please briefly describe the activities that your facility conducted during the year to interact with the community on environmental issues and to report publicly on environmental performance.
	1. Siltronic hosted the Oregon Governor, the Portland Development Commission and our project partners at a recognition ceremony for the team that completed a major pollution reduction project. 2. Siltronic's President & CEO was featured in "Business Viewpoint," the publication of Associated Oregon Industries, regarding Siltronic's Sustainability Program. 3. Siltronic was invited to participate and provide expertise to the City of Portland Hazard Mitigation Steering Committee. 4. Siltronic was invited to present its Sustainability Program to the State of Oregon Sustainable Business and Job Project Steering Committee. 5. Siltronic provided environmental information to a local author for a new book she is writing. 6. Siltronic hosted a tour for a students from a local school and numerous facility tours for customers. 7. Siltronic hosted a "Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work" day. 8. Sitronic participates in the Semiconductor Workforce Consortium for community college and high school technical curriculum development. 9. Siltronic promoted the local Car Free commute month within the company.
D.2	Please indicate which of the following methods your facility plans to use to make its Performance Track Annual Performance Report available to the public. Please check all that apply.
	Web Site
	URL: http://www.siltronic.com
	Attachments (if applicable):